Overview
- Newsweek reports the administration plans to install Border Patrol and CBP officials to lead ICE field offices in at least eight major cities, a shift sources say is intended to toughen tactics and accelerate removals.
- At a May meeting, White House adviser Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reportedly pressed for roughly 3,000 detentions per day to help reach a goal of 1 million deportations in a year.
- Operation Midway Blitz in Los Angeles and Chicago is cited as a template, with former officials pointing to heavy crowd-control measures, including chemical agents, during widely publicized raids.
- DHS is offering aggressive recruitment incentives, with reports of signing bonuses up to $50,000, even as former leaders warn rapid hiring could dilute standards and complicate training for interior operations.
- Oversight capacity was reduced in March when DHS cut staff in key watchdog offices, and advocates note ongoing CBP misconduct probes as they warn of due-process risks and potential wrongful detention of U.S. citizens.